L’interfaccia ‘HxC Floppy Drive Emulator‘ è un sistema hardware e software creato da jfdn aka Jeff.

L’obiettivo di questo progetto è quello di sostituire l’unità floppy disk con un dispositivo elettronico che emula il floppy drive (lista dell’hardware supportato).

Esistono due interfaccie di emulazione:

• Una versione USB che permette di collegare l’interfaccia floppy disk drive del computer a un PC tramite un cavo USB.
• Una versione SDCARD che permette di emulare i floppy disk tramite le immagini memorizzate su una SDCARD.

Firmware Slim SD HxCFloppyEmulator v2.0.2.2:

• First public SD Slim version firmware.

Release notes for the HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.0.12.2:

• GUI now Based on FLTK : http://www.fltk.org/
• Windows / Mac / Linux support ( http://torlus.com/floppy/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1120 ;) )
• New library : libhxcfe -> Contains the floppy management functions (track generator/images loaders/analyser/file system layer…).
• New library : libusbhxcfe -> Contains the HxC USB Floppy Emulator support layer.
• New Integrated DOS Disk browser : Can generate / add / get / remove files from any DOS HFE files.
• New Track Viewer/Analyser : Low level floppy track is now analysed and displayed.
• “Load Raw image” : Predefined floppy disk format description in XML (based on Expat XML Parser)
• New low level Track format : TYCOM (custom FM) & MEMBRAIN (custom MFM)
• Floppy disk dump : “missing sector” issue with some FDC corrected.
• FM Track format : desync added to the end of the track to solve the SCAN command issue with some FDC.
• Disk Browser : Support of special/custom 2.5MB DD & 4.5MB HD FAT floppy disk format.
• Batch converter : It is now possible to batch convert RAW images files.
• Track pregap support/setting added.
• Some issues corrected & enhancement in the following loader : D88,JV3,DMK,IMD,AFI,EDE,OricDSK,Emax…
• New file export support : TI99/4A V9T9 file image
• New Loader : Kryoflux Stream Loader (*XX.X.raw) / analyser.
• New Loader : Sega System24 Loader (*.S24)
• New Loader : Apple 2 NIB image support added. (*.NIB)
• New Loader : Casio FZF floppy image support added.
• W30 Loader : Roland S50/S330/S550 image support added.
• HFE Files : New alternate format flags for the track 0 side 0 & side 1.
• Sanity check function added to some loader.
• And a lot of minor corrections/enhancement too.

Download:

• HxCFloppyEmulator v2.0.12.2 (1109)
• Slim HxC Floppy Emulator Firmware v2.0.2.2 (935)

source: hxc2001.free.fr lotharek.pl